Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by the Clovers, who took it to number 23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year. Their version reached number three on the . Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Cash Box during the winter of 1965. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass did an instrumental version (side 2, track 1) on his 1965 album Whipped Cream and Other Delights. 9 (album). Love Potion Studio album by Johnny "Hammond" Smith. 1967 Track listing. 9 may refer to: "Love Potion No. 9" (song), a 1959 Leiber & Stoller song first released by the Clovers. Love Potion (album), a 1967 album by jazz organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith featuring a version of the above song. Love Potion No. 9 (film), a 1992 movie starring Tate Donovan and Sandra Bullock.

Cheerful Exuberant Happy Innocent Joyous. Hanging Out Partying Reunion. 9: The Best of the Clovers. That said, much of it was beautifully sung and produced, and some of it was superb music, but little of it attracted notice from the public - the major exception was "Love Potion No. 9," a Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller song and production that became the Clovers' first pop hit, reaching number 23 on that chart in the fall of 1959. This 23-song compilation assembles the best songs from that late period in the group's history, including the strongest tracks off of their albums The Clovers in Clover and Love Potion No. 9, both the single and LP versions of "Love Potion No. 9," and the final single releases of the intact group, through 1961.